Speed Reading UpRead vs Releasely
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Speed Reading UpRead
Enhance your reading speed and comprehension with a science-backed approach. Effortlessly process web articles, PDFs, and documents at an accelerated pace. Customize your reading experience with adjustable speed, fonts, and colors for improved productivity and time savings.
- Read faster without special training
- Reduce reading effort
- Read web articles and documents
- Save content for offline reading
- Customize reading speed, font, and color
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Read faster. Without effort nor any special training. Sounds like a dream? It’s not, thanks to science: the approach we use has been tested by neuro-scientists and proved effective over a wide range of studies. We made it available on iOS and iPadOS with a sleek design and some nice advanced features that will make it a pleasure to use. With UpRead you will be able to: - Read faster, in a matter of minutes. No kidding - Reduce reading effort so that you can read longer - Read articles from the web, imported from Safari or other apps - Read PDF files and other text documents - Save your content and read it later, offline - Customise the reading experience by setting speed, font and color. You’ll be much more effective, process more information and save time. Your professional and personal life will both have a nice boost from using just one little app. There’s no price for this. Since we’re sure you’ll love the app, you can try UpRead for free for a limited time. If you’re still (slowly) reading this, it’s time to press that GET button and start the download. Try the app, it’s worth more than a thousand words. Here’s a few reviews about us: > Magnifique application qui accélère la lecture tout en améliorant l'attention. Indispensable. — Manitoo, Switzerland, Sep 2019 > This app is the one thing I never knew I needed so desperately. […] For my fellow columnist hounds, UpRead is absolutely essential. — dfe1998, USA, Sep 2019 > I have used every flash reader I could Get my hands on. […] The back end works somehow where the others fail. [… ] You will surprise yourself by how fast you can go over time. Now friends who see me reading something look at how fast the words go and tell me that they just see flashing gobbledygook. I thought the same thing but the learning curve is painless! […] Thank you to the UpRead team!!! Finally! An app worthy of my bottom bar! — eightyanthony, USA, Aug 2019 > It's not a free app but it's worth your money! Simple to use very intuitive, I am reading more than ever! Highly recommended. — dhernz1, Honduras, Jul 2019 We’re really happy to receive feedback from our users. We seriously try to make the app better and better based on what you tell us. Please, try the app and let us know your opinion too. Feel free to contact us by visiting https://crazyhorseapps.com/support. Terms of service: https://crazyhorseapps.com/apps/terms-of-service
Releasely
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Need a model release form for a photo shoot? Releasely fills in a standard release template with your names and shoot details and gives you a clean, printable PDF with signature lines — ready to sign on the day. Choose the release type, enter the photographer and the model, talent, guardian or property owner, add the optional shoot details, and tap Make Release PDF. Then print it, share it or save it to Files. • FOUR RELEASE TYPES — adult model, talent / performer (name, likeness, voice and performance), minor model with parent or guardian, and property release. • YOUR DETAILS FILLED IN — photographer or company, subject name and address, plus optional date, location, project name and consideration (for example “$1” or “a copy of the photos”). • CLEAR LAYOUT — a titled document with Parties, Agreement, optional Additional Notes and a Signatures section with signature, printed name and date lines for each party, plus an optional witness line. • PRINT, SHARE OR SAVE — print with AirPrint, share the PDF, or save it to Files. • NO BLANK GAPS — anything you leave out is simply omitted from the wording, and if no consideration is entered the standard “good and valuable consideration” phrase is used. Please note: these are template forms, not legal advice. Release requirements vary by country, state and use, so review the wording with a lawyer for your situation. The whole release PDF, headings and labels included, is in English on a US Letter page, and signing happens on paper — the app has no on-screen signature. The PDF is built on your iPhone. Nothing is uploaded and no account is needed. Try it free — 3 release PDFs. A one-time $4.99 purchase unlocks unlimited PDFs. No subscription, no ads. Questions: overlapmarr@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Releasely at every 4 days against Speed Reading UpRead's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Speed Reading UpRead sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days and Releasely sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Speed Reading UpRead ships an update every 2 months, Releasely every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Speed Reading UpRead | Releasely |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (116 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 53.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 116 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alain caltieri | Jhomar Maravillas |
Bugs and requests
Speed Reading UpRead
Reported bugs
10 issues- Froze on intro page
- Did not display text from imported PDF
- Asks for purchase on start screen
- Lifetime subscription not available in app
- Importing limited to documents without images or chapters
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- Document imports often fail
- Large documents (over 2MB) fail to import
- PDFs with non-parsable text are unreadable
- Reading rate appears inaccurate (e.g., 100 wpm is closer to 60)
- Articles take significantly longer to read than estimated time
Requested features
15 requests- Add ability to read more than one word at a time
- Option to include articles (a, an, the) and punctuation
- Ability to upload books
- Search feature within text
- Pause reading stream by pressing and holding
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- Display pictures and diagrams
- Voice feature for accessibility
- Option for red focus character and frame
- Word grouping feature
- Faster maximum WPM (e.g., 10,000)
- File compatibility for PDF, EPUB, and HTML
- Automatically strip citations or edit imported text
- Landscape mode
- Cloud sync across devices
- Integrate with Kindle and other reading apps
Releasely
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Speed Reading UpRead
- Speed reading, weekly7 Days trial$0.997 Days
- Speed reading, monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- UpRead Speed Reading Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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- Speed reading, yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
- Speed reading, lifetime$54.99
Releasely
- Unlock Unlimited$4.99
Questions
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